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layout: docs
page_title: 'nomad job status command reference'
description: |
  The `nomad job status` command displays information and status for the specified job.
---

# `nomad job status` command reference

The `job status` command displays status information for a job.

## Usage

```plaintext
nomad job status [options] [job]
```

This command accepts an optional job ID or prefix as the sole argument. If there
is an exact match based on the provided job ID or prefix, then information about
the specific job is queried and displayed. Otherwise, a list of matching jobs
and information will be displayed.

If the ID is omitted, the command lists out all of the existing jobs and a few
of the most useful status fields for each. Alloc status also shows allocation
modification time in addition to create time. When the `-verbose` flag is not set,
allocation creation and modify times are shown in a shortened relative time format
like `5m ago`.

When ACLs are enabled, this command requires a token with the `read-job`
capability for the job's namespace. The `list-jobs` capability is required to
run the command with a job prefix instead of the exact job ID.

@include 'job-status-map.mdx'

## Options

- `-all-allocs`: Display all allocations matching the job ID, even those from an
  older instance of the job.

- `-evals`: Display the evaluations associated with the job.

- `-short`: Display short output. Used only when a single node is being queried.
  Drops verbose node allocation data from the output.

- `-json`: Output the job status in JSON format.

- `-t`: Format and display the job status using a Go template.

- `-verbose`: Show full information. Allocation create and modify times are
  shown in `yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss` format.

- `-ui`: Open the job status page in the browser.

## Examples

List of all jobs:

```shell-session
$ nomad job status
ID       Type     Priority  Status          Submit Date
job1     service  80        running         07/25/17 15:47:11 UTC
job2     batch    40        complete        07/24/17 19:22:11 UTC
job3     service  50        dead (stopped)  07/22/17 16:34:48 UTC
```

Short view of a specific job:

```shell-session
$ nomad job status -short job1
ID            = job1
Name          = Test Job
Submit Date   = 07/25/17 15:47:11 UTC
Type          = service
Priority      = 3
Datacenters   = dc1,dc2,dc3
Status        = pending
Periodic      = false
Parameterized = false
```

Full status information of a job:

```shell-session
$ nomad job status example
ID            = example
Name          = example
Submit Date   = 07/25/17 15:53:04 UTC
Type          = service
Priority      = 50
Datacenters   = dc1
Status        = running
Periodic      = false
Parameterized = false

Summary
Task Group  Queued  Starting  Running  Failed  Complete  Lost
cache       0       0         1        0       0         0

Latest Deployment
ID          = 6294be0c
Status      = successful
Description = Deployment completed successfully

Deployed
Task Group  Desired  Placed  Healthy  Unhealthy
cache       1        1       1        0

Actions
Action Name     Task Group  Task
my-action       cache       my-task

Allocations
ID        Node ID   Task Group  Version  Desired  Status   Created   Modified
478ce836  5ed166e8  cache       0        run      running  5m ago    5m ago
```

Full status information of a periodic job:

```shell-session
$ nomad job status example
ID                   = example
Name                 = example
Submit Date          = 07/25/17 15:59:52 UTC
Type                 = batch
Priority             = 50
Datacenters          = dc1
Status               = running
Periodic             = true
Parameterized        = false
Next Periodic Launch = 07/25/17 16:00:30 UTC (5s from now)

Children Job Summary
Pending  Running  Dead
0        3        0

Previously Launched Jobs
ID                           Status
example/periodic-1500998400  running
example/periodic-1500998410  running
example/periodic-1500998420  running
```

Full status information of a parameterized job:

```shell-session
$ nomad job status example
ID            = example
Name          = example
Submit Date   = 07/25/17 15:59:52 UTC
Type          = batch
Priority      = 50
Datacenters   = dc1
Status        = running
Periodic      = false
Parameterized = true

Parameterized Job
Payload           = required
Required Metadata = foo
Optional Metadata = bar

Parameterized Job Summary
Pending  Running  Dead
0        2        0

Dispatched Jobs
ID                                    Status
example/dispatch-1485411496-58f24d2d  running
example/dispatch-1485411499-fa2ee40e  running
```

Full status information of a job with placement failures:

```shell-session
$ nomad job status example
ID            = example
Name          = example
Submit Date   = 07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC
Type          = service
Priority      = 50
Datacenters   = dc1
Status        = running
Periodic      = false
Parameterized = false

Summary
Task Group  Queued  Starting  Running  Failed  Complete  Lost
cache       1       0         4        0       0         0

Placement Failure
Task Group "cache":
  * Resources exhausted on 1 nodes
  * Dimension "cpu" exhausted on 1 nodes

Latest Deployment
ID          = bb4b2fb1
Status      = running
Description = Deployment is running

Deployed
Task Group  Desired  Placed  Healthy  Unhealthy
cache       5        4       4        0

Allocations
ID        Node ID   Task Group  Version  Desired  Status   Created   Modified
048c1e9e  3f38ecb4  cache       0        run      running  5m ago    5m ago
250f9dec  3f38ecb4  cache       0        run      running  5m ago    5m ago
2eb772a1  3f38ecb4  cache       0        run      running  5m ago    5m ago
a17b7d3d  3f38ecb4  cache       0        run      running  5m ago    5m ago
```

Full status information showing evaluations with a placement failure. The in
progress evaluation denotes that Nomad is blocked waiting for resources to
become available so that it can place the remaining allocations.

```shell-session
$ nomad job status -evals example
ID            = example
Name          = example
Submit Date   = 07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC
Type          = service
Priority      = 50
Datacenters   = dc1
Status        = running
Periodic      = false
Parameterized = false

Summary
Task Group  Queued  Starting  Running  Failed  Complete  Lost
cache       1       0         4        0       0         0

Evaluations
ID        Priority  Triggered By        Status    Placement Failures
e44a39e8  50        deployment-watcher  canceled  false
97018573  50        deployment-watcher  complete  true
d5a7300c  50        deployment-watcher  canceled  false
f05a4495  50        deployment-watcher  complete  true
e3f3bdb4  50        deployment-watcher  canceled  false
b5f08700  50        deployment-watcher  complete  true
73bb867a  50        job-register        blocked   N/A - In Progress
85052989  50        job-register        complete  true

Placement Failure
Task Group "cache":
  * Resources exhausted on 1 nodes
  * Dimension "cpu exhausted" exhausted on 1 nodes

Latest Deployment
ID          = bb4b2fb1
Status      = running
Description = Deployment is running

Deployed
Task Group  Desired  Placed  Healthy  Unhealthy
cache       5        4       4        0

Allocations
ID        Node ID   Task Group  Version  Desired  Status   Created                    Modified
048c1e9e  3f38ecb4  cache       0        run      running  07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC      07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC
250f9dec  3f38ecb4  cache       0        run      running  07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC      07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC
2eb772a1  3f38ecb4  cache       0        run      running  07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC      07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC
a17b7d3d  3f38ecb4  cache       0        run      running  07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC      07/25/17 15:55:27 UTC
```

## General options

@include 'general_options.mdx'
